By: JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff FREDERIKSTED — While the USS Gettysburg (CG-64) sits at the Ann E. Abramson Marine Facility with its sensors trained on the Caribbean horizon, a different kind of surveillance is…
By: JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff FREDERIKSTED —U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) announced late February 5 that Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel linked to Designated Terrorist Organizations…
By JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff FREDERIKSTED — Residents looking out over the West End today were treated to a view of one of the U.S. Coast Guard’s most decorated workhorses. The USCGC Mohawk (WMEC-913),…
ST. CROIX, USVI — If you thought the “Martian” light over the West End was just a trick of the atmosphere, think again. The heavy industrial presence at the Frederiksted Pier and the constant “minute-to-minute”…
By JOHN McCARTHY/V.I. Free Press Staff FREDERIKSTED — If you looked towards the water today, Sunday, January 25, the view at the Frederiksted Pier offered a stark reminder that the Caribbean has become the forward…
By JOHN McCARTHY /V.I. Free Press Staff CHRISTIANSTED — In the pre-dawn darkness of January 20, 2026, the Caribbean Sea became a theater of high-stakes enforcement as U.S. special operations forces seized the M/T Sagitta.…
ST. THOMAS / INTERNATIONAL WATERS — While the Virgin Islands slept Friday night, the U.S. military launched its first lethal strike of the new year against a suspected drug vessel, leaving two dead and a…
The U.S. military blew up another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Eastern Pacific on Friday, killing two “narco-terrorists,” but one person survived the operation. The vessel, operated by a designated terrorist organization, was transiting along…
U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS — From the deep-water anchorage of St. Thomas to the historic pier of St. Croix, the U.S. Virgin Islands is currently hosting one of the most significant maritime gatherings in its history.…
HAVANA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Cubans demonstrated Friday outside the U.S. Embassy in Havana to decry the killing of 32 Cuban officers in Venezuela and demand that the U.S. government release former Venezuelan President Nicolás…